Design Continues

Left to Right: Partial upper floor plan showing HVAC shaft in upper right corner. Revised design on the right shows duct in center, adjacent to stairwell.

Well, things are still on schedule, but we ran into a bit of a problem this week. The design that I was going to post came back from the engineer with a minor coordination issue. I had provided a shaft for the mechanical ductwork from the start of the schematic and somehow it had gotten squeezed to the point where it no longer lined up. Olivier, the draftsman at CTW Engineers picked it up during the drafting phase and forwarded it to our office for review. It took a couple of days of re-design, but now we have a “final” schematic design that’s ready to go back to the engineer. I’ll post the design next week. While it is in engineering, we’ll be working on the kitchen design, which right now needs some work, as well as the master bathroom. The engineers are hoping to have the rough structural plan ready for review by the middle of next week. Once we review and resolve any major coordination problems, they will begin their calculations and start the process of finalizing the building structure.